Rwanda: Albertine Mutuyimana, a member of class P6 A in Gatora school, lives with her aunt. Albertine, aged 15, chose to paint two scenes. In the first, a mother is desperately sad because she cannot afford to feed her children or buy pens and paper so they can go to school. In the second, the same woman is smiling because WFP’s free rations of vegetable oil and porridge mean her children do not have to work in the fields and can attend class.

Armenia: Meloyan Garnik, aged eight, lives in Gegharkunik province and attends Gavar School. Garnik would like to follow in the footsteps of Armenian-born singer Charles Aznavour—not by pursuing a career in music but by lending a hand to his country. Garnik says his picture symbolises global unity and friendship.

Bolivia: When 14-year-old Rosita Cayo Choque leaves Antofagasta’s San Juan de Rosario school, she would like to train to become a doctor. WFP’s free school lunches, pictured in Rosita’s design, serve as an incentive for Bolivian street children to attend school.

Cuba: Even though he is only 11 years-old, Abel Barrera Barreiro of Camagüey province, already knows what it takes to feed a family. Together with other students at his primary school, he has learnt to grow vegetables in the school garden.
Primary school children in regular primary, half and full-boarding schools in Cuba’s five eastern provinces receive daily snacks. Sadly, in 2006 WFP had to stop distribution because of a shortage of funds.

Ecuador: María Dolores Espinoza, aged 11, has painted her classmates happily attending class inside the CECIB Rumiñahui school. In Ecuador, hunger often drains children of any will to go to school. The Government’s school feeding programme , supported by WFP, plays a vital role in ensuring that María and her friends not only go to school but also enjoy it.

Indonesia: Anisa Nur Oktavia, an 11-year-old pupil at SDN Cawang 07 Pagi school, loves to read the Koran and wants to be a TV presenter when she grows-up. Asked to describe her drawing, Anisa says: “Two ships are cruising with WFP food assistance, biscuits enriched with vitamins and minerals. The variety of tastes means I don’t get bored eating the same thing every day. The food makes me grow healthy and strong. Then it will be easier for me to reach my future.”
WFP would like to provide 50 grammes of micronutrient enriched biscuits along with nutrition education to 1,404,800 children aged 0-18 and 167,582 mothers in Indonesia. But lack of funding mean over half-a-million children and mothers risk missing out.

Laos: 11-year-old Phetsamone Phomvichay’s picture show her teacher handing out WFP’s free lunch to students at Bounthay School in Phongsaly.
WFP also provides informal student boarders with rice, canned fish and iodised salt so they do not go to bed hungry and homesick.

Mozambique: “My classmates benefit from WFP food and we no longer drop out of school because of hunger,” says Alberto Samuel, aged 14, of Trangapasso primary school, Chimoio. WFP provides monthly food assistance to 43,500 orphans and food insecure children in the most vulnerable districts in central and southern Mozambique.

Philippines: Jeric Mansat, aged 12 and a pupil in grade 6 at the New Kalibo school in Mlang, Cotabato province, wants to build houses for street kids when he grows up. WFP’s school feeding is vital in the Philippines, where anaemia – a key indicator of micronutrient deficiencies – is alarmingly high among young children. In addition to providing school meals for 50,000 children, WFP also provides a further 170,000 pupils with monthly take-home rations of five litres of vegetable oil.

Russia: Zh. R. Saiduyeva, a fifth grader at Oyskharskaya school in the Gudermes district of Chechnya, has drawn a WFP food train carrying vital food aid into the North Caucasus region of the Russian Federation. WFP’s free school meals target primary and boarding schools in 17 districts of Chechnya.

Sri Lanka: E.Kalpani Gayathri, 14 years old and a pupil at MAR/Bengamuwa Maha Vidyalayam school, dreams of following in her teachers' footsteps. Commenting on WFP Sri Lanka's school feeding programme that targets both herself and some 175,000 other students in 1,000 schools, Kalpani says: "As a child belonging to a developing country, I feel that this is a very successful project to eradicate malnourishment among children."